Mail-bag apparatus.



No- 894,302. 'PATENTED JULY 28, 1908.

P. WOITYNEK. 4 MAIL BAG APPARATUS.

APPLICATION F ILED APR. 20I 190B.

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MAIL-BAG APPARATUS Specification of Application filed April 20.

improvements in receiving and delivering.

apparatus for mail bags and has for its prin c1 al-object the prodi'lction of a suitable car at a ted to travel on an overhead or trolley trac in which the mail bag or bags may be placed to be delivered into the mail car of the passing train or from the mail car of the train to the station.

A secondary object of the-invention resides in the provision of means for 'ositively retaining the car hook in enga e( relation with the mail car until released by the attendant in the mail car of the train.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination and arran' ement of parts, as will be more fully descri ed' and particularly pointed out in the appended claims- 7 In the accompanying drawings :-Figure 1 v is a view in side elevation of the delivery apparatus, the car or carrier in mail delivery or recelvmg position with partsof the overhead track broken away. Fig. 2 1s a similar view on an enlarged-scale of the car or carrier porting wheels 5, designed to trave and a section of the track, and, Fig, 3 is a cross section taken online 33 of Fig. 2, looking in the direction indicated by the arrows.

In the embodiment illustrated, the over- .head track l-consists of two series of vertically spaced track wires 2, one series being spaced laterally with res ect to the other; series. The. numeral 3 enotes a car, the frame 4 of which is of any desired pattern or structure adapted to suitably supportsupbetween the vertically spaced-track wires, two of the wheels being arranged at one side of the car and two at the opposite side of the car.

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Letters Patent.

1908. Serial No. 428,113.

Patented July 28, 1908.

E these arms are journaled suitable wheels 7 i ol relatively small dimensions, designed to travel on the upper track wires slightly in the rear and in advance of the supporting wheels 5 to retain said wheels in proper position, that is to say, to avoid liability of the wheels jumping, or leaving the track.

A secondary series ol longituditndly projecting douuiwardly inclined arms 5 are also arranged below the first mentioned series and at the ends of the arms 8 are journaled guide \i 'heels 9 adapted to travel under the lower tain the supporting wheels of the car or carrier from jumping or leaving the same.

In practice the track wires are supported by upright supports 10 arranged at suitable distances apart. This track may be extended any desired distance beyond the station-and the end of the track may be suitably inclined to cause the car or carrier to return to its normal position after having been released by the car. A suitable buiier, not shown, may also be arranged at the end or the track to absorb violent shocks or strains which would otherwise be induced in the car incident to a sudden stoppage of the same, when reaching the end of the track.

A basket 11 preferably of woven wire is suitably supported below the car or carrier frameto receive the mail bags to bedelivered from the station into the mail car of the train or to be delivered at the station.

A particular feature of the invention resides in the provision of yieldable car hook engaging means for effectually retaining the car hook in engaged relation therewith until released by the attendant in the mail car. As shown, said engaging means is madefrom a single piece of spring metal bent centrally upon itself in the form of a loop 13 and thence extended outwardly in opposite directions at its ends as at 14 to form an out- 15. By this construction, the ends 14 of the engaging device will spring sufiiciently apart .when' engaged by the car hook to permit-the same to engage the loopedportionthereof. 'These ends, however,will thenimmediately spring or return into their normal position and effectually retain the car hook against dis lacement until released by the attendant int emailcar. f

From the foregoing description taken in connection with t e accompanying drawings,

track wires and which serve to ell'ectually re- Wardly flaring mouth to receive a car hook the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of the invention, itw is to be understood that various changes in the form, proportion and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by United States Letters-Patent is 1. In an apparatus of the class described,

the combination with an overhead track consisting oftwo series of verticallyspaced track Wires, of a car or carrier having supporting wheels to travel between said wires, an upper series of longitudinally extending upwardly inclined arms attached to the car frame and projecting in advance and in rear of the supporting wheels, a lower series of longitudinally projecting downwardly inclined arms attached to the car frame and also projecting in rear and in advance of the supporting wheels, guide wheels attachedto the outer ends of said arms in position to travel on the track wires, a suitable receptacle supported below the car frame and car hook engaging means attachedto said frame.

2. In an apparatus of the class specified,

the combination with an overhead track, of a E. J. MULLEN, JOHN PIEzYoeK. 

